A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, says the recent gale of defections of
opposition leaders to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is due to threats of
a witch-hunt by the ruling party.
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, along with his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, several commissioners, and others, last month defected from the PDP to the APC.
There is growing speculation that more governors may follow
suit in the near future.
Ologbondiyan, who spoke on on Channels Television’s Politics
Today on Monday, stated that the governors and other opposition leaders
defecting to the APC are merely seeking refuge to avoid being hounded by the
ruling party.
“You must not forget that the former National Chairman of
APC told Nigerians that just come over here, we will forgive all your sins, so
people are looking for where sins are forgiven,” Ologbodiyan said.
According to him, no matter how many opposition leaders the
APC manages to attract, the party will still have to contend with millions of
Nigerians in its bid to retain power in 2027.
“But you know one thing, at the end of it all, it is going
to be about the Nigerians’ position.
“You may pack all the 36 governors and put them in one
boardroom and say they should declare for you. Have you packed the over 200
million Nigerians into the same boardroom? The answer is no,” he said.
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